Oup India: 245 books
Mapping Power
The Political Economy of Electricity in India’s States
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2018
Electricity is critical to enabling India’s economic growth and providing a better future for its citizens. In spite of several decades of reform, the Indian electricity sector is unable to provide high-quality and affordable electricity for all, and grapples with the challenge of poor financial...
Judges of the Supreme Court of India
1950–1989
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2011
Despite the critical role played by the Supreme Court of India, the lives of the judges have never been studied before. This seminal book presents biographical essays for each of the first ninety-three judges who served on the Court from 1950 through mid-1989. The essays in the book are based on interviews...
The Indian Parliament
A Democracy at Work
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
The Parliament is the visible face of democracy in India. It is the epicentre of political life, public institutions of great verve, and a regime of Rights. In a first-of-its-kind study, this book delves into the lived experience of the Indian Parliament by focusing on three distinct phases—the...
State of Urban Services in India's Cities
Spending and Financing
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2010
With increasing population and expanding demand for urban infrastructure services, the capacities of local governments in many developing countries are overburdened. Adequate infrastructure is not only necessary for increasing productivity but also improving the quality of living. Given the primacy...
by T.N. Srinivasan
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2011
This book includes insightful lectures by eminent economist T.N. Srinivasan on the origins, rationale, and outcomes of India's economic reforms. The book will be invaluable for students and teachers of macroeconomics, Indian economy, development economics, and finance.
Legislating for Equity
The Making of the 2013 Land Acquisition Law
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2015
Land ownership in India has always been a risky proposition. The hitherto unfettered power of acquisition and the refusal of the Parliament to recognize the right to own property as a fundamental one, had emboldened the state to stake claim on any land it saw fit. However, in the years 2012-2014,...
Green Signals
Ecology, Growth, and Democracy in India
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
The debate on whether to privilege economic growth over ecological security is passé. Environmental considerations must be at the heart of economic growth, especially for a country of 1.25 billion people destined to add another 400 million by the middle of the century. Green Signals chronicles the...
Mini-India
The Politics of Migration and Subalternity in the Andaman Islands
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
Often called ‘Mini-India’, the Andaman Islands have been a crucial site of encounter between different regimes, subjects, castes, creeds, languages, and ethnicities. Since 1858, subaltern convicts, refugees, repatriates, and labourers from South and Southeast Asia have moved to the islands, condemned...
The Feringhees
Sir Robert and Sir William—Two Europeans in India Volume 1: The Proud Empire; Volume 2: The Straight Race
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016
A stiff upper lip, steely eyes and a cold heart is often how the English imperialist is pictured in popular imagination. Drawing from memoirs, commentaries and family letters, Elizabeth Hamilton brings forth an alternative portrayal of her ancestors, Sir Robert Hamilton and Sir William Barton. Their...
India Revisited
Conversations on Continuity and Change
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2007
In this book, Ramin Jahanbegloo converses with twenty-seven leading Indian personalities—social scientists, journalists, activists, artists, and sports persons—to gain an understanding of contemporary Indian society. Jahanbegloo, an Iranian-Canadian philosopher and Gandhi scholar, raises interesting...
Corruption and Human Rights in India
Comparative Perspectives on Transparency and Good Governance
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2011
The malaise of corruption has become deeply embedded in the political and social fabric of the Indian society. The increased frequency and scale of corruption have had deleterious effects on a wide range of issues. Corruption, therefore, must be viewed not just as an issue of law and order or of the...
Article 370
A Constitutional History of Jammu and Kashmir
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
On 26 January 1950, the Constitution of India came into force with a unique provision—Article 370. The special status accorded to the state of Jammu and Kashmir in the article meant that its people lived under a different set of laws while being part of the Indian Union. Alternating deftly between...
Talking History
Romila Thapar in conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo, with the participation of Neeladri Bhattacharya
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
In a series of candid conversations, Romila Thapar, a widely read, discussed, and cited historian of our times, muses on a range of issues that impact history writing in modern India. Apart from exploring Thapar’s far-reaching influence as an authority on the history of early India, Talking...
Encircling the Seamless
India, Climate Change, and the Global Commons
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2010
This book explores global environmental negotiations against the backdrop of complex political relations, the climate change conventions, and multilateral environmental assessments and their effect on special interest groups. It weaves in the story of India's emergent economy, its sustainable development,...